States › Iowa › Des Moines County

County Courthouse
513 North Main Street
Burlington, IA 52601-5220
Phone: (319) 753-8203
www.co.des-moines.ia.us

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Random Selection

Tax Sale Overview:

If Des Moines county, Iowa is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Des Moines county, Iowa.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Des Moines county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Des Moines county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Des Moines county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Des Moines county, Iowa allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Des Moines county, Iowa lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Iowa laws and competition, savvy Des Moines county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Iowa tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Iowa tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Edgar Blow	Supervisor, Chair	blowea@co.des-moines.ia.us
Bob Beck	Supervisor	beckb@co.des-moines.ia.us
Timothy Hoschek	Supervisor	hoschekt@co.des-moines.ia.us
Patrick Jackson	County Attorney	dmca@co.des-moines.ia.us
Mike Johnstone	Sheriff	johnstonem@co.des-moines.ia.us
Brenda Buck	Treasurer	buckb@co.des-moines.ia.us
Carol Copeland	Auditor	copelandc@co.des-moines.ia.us
Kathryn Waterhouse	Recorder

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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